Cultural References
Hanno's story is told at some length in Robert Greene's The 48 Laws of Power (2000) in a section titled "Enter Action with Boldness." Greene claims that Aretino's audacious move to satirize Pope Leo's sacred pet was responsible for the author's rise to literary infamy.
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